......
#include <festival/festival.h>

MODULE = festival_test          PACKAGE = festival_test

void
initialize(load_init_file,heap_size)
                int load_init_file
                int heap_size
        CODE:
                festival_initialize(load_init_file,heap_size);
.......

##</code><code>##

$CC='g++';
WriteMakefile(
    NAME              => 'festival_test',
    VERSION_FROM      => 'lib/festival_test.pm', # finds $VERSION
    PREREQ_PM         => {}, 
    ($] >= 5.005 ?     
      (ABSTRACT_FROM  => 'lib/festival_test.pm',
       AUTHOR         => 'A. U. Thor <spike@(none)>') : ()),
    LIBS              => ['-L/usr/lib -lFestival -lestools -lestbase -leststring -lncurses '],
    DEFINE            => '',
    INC               => '-I. -I/usr/include/speech-tools/',
    'CC'              => $CC,
    'LD'              => '$(CC)',
);

##</code><code>##

use ExtUtils::testlib;
use festival_test;

print "\nWrite something you want to be read from me: ";
$txt=<>;
festival_test::initialize(1,210000);